A Michigan City man is dead and three others were hurt in a multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 20 Sunday. It happened just before 6:30 p.m. at Roeske Avenue, according to the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office.
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Three people were arrested, after LaPorte County sheriff’s deputies say they found guns and drugs during a U.S. 20 traffic stop. Police say they pulled over a vehicle east of County Road 350 East early Wednesday morning after it was driving 20 miles per hour over the speed limit and nearly ran off the roadway.
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A wanted East Chicago man was allegedly found driving in LaPorte County with a suspended license in a car without a license plate. Sheriff’s deputies say they stopped the vehicle just after midnight Thursday at the intersection of U.S. 20 and Fail Road. The driver allegedly couldn’t produce any identification, and the name and date of birth he gave couldn’t be confirmed through a computer check.
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Driving more than 130 miles per hour on State Road 2 while under the influence of alcohol is what police say got a Plymouth man arrested Sunday morning. A LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office captain says it started just after 4:00 a.m. CDT on U.S. 20 near LaPorte County Road 450 East.
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A wanted South Bend man was arrested, after a LaPorte County traffic stop reportedly turned up a significant amount of marijuana and two pistols. LaPorte County sheriff’s deputies say they pulled over a vehicle for multiple traffic infractions in the area of U.S. 20 and County Road 400 East just after 2:30 Friday afternoon.
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A LaPorte woman who called police claiming that her vehicle was rammed by another vehicle ended up being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.
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Two people were arrested for alleged firearms offenses, following a traffic stop in LaPorte County Monday evening. Sheriff’s deputies say they pulled over a passenger vehicle for a license plate violation near the intersection of State Road 39 and U.S. 20.
Continue readingFour people were arrested, after LaPorte County Police say officers found “a significant amount of illegal drugs” in a stolen box truck Sunday. Around 1:30 p.m., sheriff’s deputies say they got a report of a stolen vehicle and eventually pulled it over on U.S. 20 east of Fail Road.
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A wanted Elkhart man was arrested Friday, after LaPorte County Police say they found a loaded pistol during a traffic stop. Sheriff’s deputies say they pulled over a vehicle driven by Jefferey W. Wade, 32, on U.S. 20 near Fail Road, for speeding and a pair of traffic infractions while changing lanes.
Continue readingThe LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office is taking aim at unlicensed handguns. Officers say they recovered two guns in separate traffic stops on Sunday.
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Lane restrictions start tomorrow on U.S. 30 in Porter County and U.S. 20 in LaPorte County. INDOT says U.S. 30 will down to one lane in each direction east of Valparaiso, between Porter County Roads 400 and 450 East for “an underground infrastructure rebuild project.” That’s expected to last through this Friday, but shoulder closures may continue through October 16.
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A Michigan City woman was arrested Monday, after allegedly leading police on a pursuit on U.S. 20. It reportedly began around 8:40 p.m. near U.S. 20 and Fail Road.
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A LaPorte man was arrested after sheriff’s deputies say they found a handgun during a traffic stop Friday morning. A LaPorte County deputy says he was following a speeding vehicle on westbound U.S. 20, when it suddenly braked and turned north onto County Road 300 East without giving the proper turn signal.
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A Michigan City man was seriously hurt when police say he was hit by a pickup truck while riding a bicycle on U.S. 20 Thursday night. LaPorte County sheriff’s deputies say it happened just before 8:30 in the 8700 block of West U.S. 20.
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A number of road projects may have motorists adjusting their routes in the coming weeks. In LaPorte County, U.S. 6 will be closed between U.S. 35 and State Road 39 starting Monday until mid-August. INDOT says one lane in each direction will remain open for local traffic only. Through traffic is asked to use U.S. 35, U.S. 30, and State Road 39 as a detour.
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A LaPorte County police chase reportedly ended with officers using a “chemical agent” to get the driver out of his pickup truck. Sheriff’s deputies say it began just before 1:30 Wednesday morning, when a woman reported that a white pickup truck was trying to force her vehicle off the roadway on I-94.
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A South Bend man faces multiple charges after allegedly driving 100 miles per hour without a license with a loaded firearm in the vehicle. LaPorte County Police say they pulled over a vehicle driven by Ankoma H. Kirk, 20, near U.S. 20 and County Road 350 East, just before 10:00 p.m. Thursday. During the traffic stop, officers say they found a loaded firearm in the passenger compartment.
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Two people were hurt and a man was arrested after a head-on crash on U.S. 20 in LaPorte County. Sheriff’s deputies say it happened around 6:00 p.m. Thursday. Investigators believe a passenger vehicle was stopped in a westbound lane waiting to turn left on County Road 250 East. A pickup truck apparently tried to go around it by going left of center and crashed head-on into an eastbound passenger vehicle.
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A South Bend woman wanted by authorities in St. Joseph and Lake counties now faces additional charges following a police chase early Thursday morning. LaPorte County sheriff’s deputies say it began in Berrien County, Michigan, when police tried to check on a vehicle’s occupants.
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A Michigan City man with an arrest warrant now faces additional charges, following a traffic stop near Rolling Prairie Sunday morning. A LaPorte County sheriff’s deputy says he was heading east on U.S. 20 west of State Road 2, when a speeding passenger vehicle passed his police car.
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